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Action-research in community development*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2009

Ray Lees
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At the end of 1971 the Government designated the extention of the Community Development Project to the planned total of twelve areas. The project was then described as ‘a national action-research experiment’ carried out in selected urban localities in order to discover ‘how far the social problems experienced by people in a local community can be better understood and resolved through closer co-ordination of all agencies in the social welfare field – central and local government and the voluntary organizations – together with the local people themselves’. There was a special emphasis placed on the importance of ‘citizen involvement and community self-help’, together with the expectation that ‘the lessons learned can be fed back into social policy, planning and administration, both at central and local government level’.

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Journal of Social Policy , Volume 2 , Issue 3 , July 1973 , pp. 239 - 248
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1973

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References

1 It began operations in 1970 in Coventry, Liverpool, Southwark and Glamorgan and was gradually extended to include Newham, Batley, Cleator Moor, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Birmingham, Paisley, Oldham and Tynemouth.

2 Home Office Press Release, 2 December 1971.Google Scholar

3 Chems, A. B., Sinclair, R. and Jenkins, W. I. (eds), Social Science and Government: Policies and Problems, London: Tavistock Publications, 1972.Google Scholar

4 See, for example, Homstein, H. A. and Bunker, B. B. et al. , Social Intervention, a Behavioural Science Approach, New York: The Free Press, 1971Google Scholar, and Zurcher, L. A. and Bonjean, C. M. (eds), Planned Social Intervention: An Interdisciplinary Anthology, Scranton, London, Toronto: Chandler Publishing Company, 1970.Google Scholar

5 Evans, J. W., ‘Evaluating Social Action Programmes’, Social Science Quarterly, Vol. 50, No. 3, 12 1969.Google Scholar

6 A report of the first six months can be obtained from Batley Community Project, Batley, Yorks.

7 Moynihan, D. P., Maximum Feasible Misunderstanding, New York: The Free Press, 1969.Google Scholar

8 For a comprehensive discussion of these, see Caro, F. G., ‘Approaches to Evaluation Research: A Review, Human Organization, No. 28. Summer 1969.Google Scholar

9 Batten, T. R., The Non-directive Approach to Group and Community Work, London: Oxford University Press, 1967.Google Scholar

10 Marris, P. and Rein, M., Dilemmas of Social Reform, London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1967.Google Scholar